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Towering above the murky waters, the New Yalu River Bridge was supposed to symbolize a new era in relations between China and North Korea, helping bring investment to landmark free trade zones jointly run with the impoverished and isolated state.

Wages remain a contentious issue between employers and workers, with governments caught in between. Capital is in thrall to low wages, to minimise overheads and maximize profit, and nowhere is this clearer than in Southeast Asia, where the daily minimum wage in some countries is as low as the price of a fastfood meal.

Another kind of war is being waged along the Ho Chi Minh Trail these days. It has nothing to do with the conflict that made the supply line between what was then North and South Vietnam famous around the world more than four decades ago. But it’s a war nonetheless, and riding on its outcome are the fates of one of the most biologically rich forests on the planet, the people who live there, and a shy, critically endangered creature...

Strong waves menace a village in the south central province of Binh Thuan. Locals said the sea has been “furious” the past six years as it swallowed more than 300 houses along 1,000 meters of coastline. Nearly 100 others are at risk. Photos: Pham Van Thanh/Tuoi Tre

Residents and authorities of a commune in the central province of Quang Nam can breathe a sigh of relief as the strange, giant sphere that fell out of nowhere and into the locality last week has been identified as a normal air balloon.

Residents and authorities of a commune in the central province of Quang Nam can breathe a sigh of relief as the strange, giant sphere that fell out of nowhere and into the locality last week has been identified as a normal air balloon.